Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA median age of 56: Electoral Area C, qathet is older than 96% of Canadian towns
Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Electoral Area C, qathet has 6.2%. The 2021 Census found 1,020 households locally; by July 2025 the population was about 2,409. Here, two thirds of residents said they have no religion. Just over nine in ten households live in a single-detached house, more than in 91% of Canadian towns.
What stands out about the people of Electoral Area C, qathet
Older than most towns
Electoral Area C, qathet’s median age is 56; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 34% are 65 or over, against 19% across Canada’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
A growing town: +6% since 2016, faster than 65% of Canadian towns
The 2021 Census is the source of every figure here unless a date says otherwise. The census counts of 2016 and 2021, the estimate after them, and the change set beside other towns.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 10%. Across Canada’s towns, half of towns changed by more than +4%; across British Columbia’s towns, by more than +6%.
34% of residents are 65 or over, a share 97% of Canadian towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
Just over one in ten residents are under 15, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Typically, 19% of residents are 65 or over across Canada’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 83% of Canadian towns: 2.1 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The share of one-person households is 33%, against 27% across Canada’s towns. 5.9% of households are one-parent families.
Electoral Area C, qathet ranks above 77% of Canadian towns on common-law partners: 15%
Marital status of residents 15 and over, with common-law couples counted apart.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Just over a fifth of adults are single and have never married; the typical town has 27%. In Electoral Area C, qathet, 47% of residents 15 and over are married. Across Canada’s towns, common-law partners come to 11%.
Electoral Area C, qathet sits below 53% of Canadian towns for renter households (24%)
Houses and apartments, owners and renters, older and newer homes. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Older homes outnumber new: 20% predate 1961, 12% date from 2001 or later. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of Canadian towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. 15% of homes need major repairs, against a typical 5.8%.
A median household income of $65,000 a year
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Electoral Area C, qathet’s households had a total income below $65,000, 24% under the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across British Columbia’s towns, half of households had more than $87,000 before tax. COVID-19 benefits went to 21% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Electoral Area C, qathet sits below 91% of Canadian towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.9%)
Immigrants by continent of birth and when they arrived, citizenship, and who moved in recently.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 20%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are 16% of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (57%) and in the Americas (24%). 3.7% of residents are not Canadian citizens, a lower share than in 61% of Canadian towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns.
A larger share of Indigenous residents than 75% of Canadian towns: 6%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Here 4.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, where the figure across Canada’s towns is 15%. Indigenous residents: 2.8% across Canada’s towns, for comparison.
2.7% of residents have French as their mother tongue, more than in 67% of Canadian towns
English, French and the other languages people grew up with or speak at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Census figures put bilingual residents at 8% in Electoral Area C, qathet. Across Canada’s towns, the share of residents whose mother tongue is French is 1.5%.
A smaller share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 88% of Canadian towns: 13%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 11% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. Set beside that, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 41% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. The census’s work rates at a glance. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 41% is below the typical 58% across Canada’s towns; 34% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age: 2 of the 3 towns around Electoral Area C, qathet are older
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, qathet | 2,409 | — | 56 | 34% | 15% |
| Electoral Area B, qathet | 1,714 | 8.9 km | 58 | 32% | 11% |
| Electoral Area D, qathet | 1,221 | 13.0 km | 62.4 | 43% | 11% |
| Powell River | 14,947 | 13.1 km | 53.2 | 31% | 13% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Two medians frame each figure: one for British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, one for all Canadian towns of that size, with whole cities and First Nations reserves left out. Percentiles rank the town within Canada.
Questions about Electoral Area C, qathet’s residents
What is the median income in Electoral Area C, qathet?
Half of Electoral Area C, qathet’s households had more than $65,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Electoral Area C, qathet?
About 2,409, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 2,197 people in Electoral Area C, qathet, 6% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Electoral Area C, qathet?
The median age is 56. 12% are under 15 and 34% 65 or older.
Is Electoral Area C, qathet bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 8% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 92% speak only English and 0% only French; 2.7% grew up with French.
How diverse is Electoral Area C, qathet?
Immigrants: 15% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 4.6%. Indigenous identity: 6%.
What religion are people in Electoral Area C, qathet?
67% said they have no religion and 30% that they are Christian; 2.5% named another faith.
Is Electoral Area C, qathet good for families?
12% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 50% of households and one-parent families 5.9%. Schools near Electoral Area C, qathet are on its Schools page.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).